I see this same traceback in my 12.04 cron results when update-apt-xapian-index is run. Also, it's been reported here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/+bug/655831
/etc/cron.daily/apt: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index", line 97, in <module> indexer.slave() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/axi/indexer.py", line 449, in slave childProgress = ClientProgress(self.progress) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/axi/indexer.py", line 206, in __init__ self.sock.connect(axi.XAPIANDBUPDATESOCK) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 224, in meth return getattr(self._sock,name)(*args) socket.error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1134948 Title: synaptic's python2.7 errors : crash in meth() To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/+bug/1134948/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs